March 19, 1859

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Features

Peculiar Bricks

Pressure of the Ocean

Instruction and Science for the People

The American Union--One Grand Fizzle

Correction

Progress of Patents

A New Idea

A New Propeller

Science of Steel Making

Improved Wind-Wheel

Removal

Gallant Act of an Engineer

Weights and Measures

Commissioner Holt Appointed Postmaster-General

Decoration for Houses

Machinery and Labor

Desulphurizing Coke

The Pacific Gulf Stream

A Primitive Method of Measuring Time

An Interesting Report on Milk

The Glass of Venice

Mechanics

Herring's Pedometer

The Dudley Observatory

The Filling-Up of Harbors

Rather Extraordinary

Departments

Departments

Notes and Queries - March 19, 1859

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